5. List of Researchers

 

 

Project Management Unit

Project Leader: SATO Tsugitaka

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Arab-Islamic History

 

KOMATSU Hisao

Leader of Unit 1, Director of General Affairs

KISAICHI Masatoshi

Leader of Unit 2, Public Relations and Publications

KATO Hiroshi

Leader of Unit 3

OKABE Atsuyuki

Leader of Unit 4

HANEDA Masashi

Leader of Unit 5, International Exchange

HAYASHI Kayoko

Leader of Unit 6, Public Relations

SAKAI Keiko

Planning, Leader of Group 1-B

YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki

Vice-director of General Affairs, Leader of Group 1-C

SHIMIZU Manabu

Leader of Group 2-B

AKAHORI Masayuki

Publications, Leader of Group 2-C

USUKI Akira

Leader of Group 3-C

OTSUKA Kazuo

Planning, Leader of Group 3-B

MASUYA Tomoko

International Exchange, Leader of Group 5-A

MIURA Toru

Publications, Leader of Group 5-C

 

 

Unit 1 Thought and Politics in the Islamic World

Unit Leader: KOMATSU Hisao

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of Central Asia

 

Group 1-A: Contemporary Islamic Thought and Movements

KOMATSU Hisao (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of Central Asia

KOSUGI Yasushi

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Islamic Studies

IIZUKA Masato

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Islamic Studies

Group 1-B: Islam and International Relations

SAKAI Keiko (Group Leader)

Institute of Developing Economies/Japan External Trade Organization, Study of Arab Regions

ISHIDA Ken

Chiba University, Faculty of Law, International Politics

UYAMA Tomohiko

Hokkaido University, Center for Slavic Studies, Central Asian Studies

Group 1-C: Islamic Law and Society

YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Islamic Law

KOBAYASHI Yasuko

Aichi Gakusen University, Faculty of Business Administration, Modern Indonesian History

NAKAZATO Nariaki

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Modern South Asian History

 

 

 

Unit 2 Society and Economy in the Islamic World

Unit Leader: KISAICHI Masatoshi

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Maghreb Area Studies

 

Group 2-A: Islam and Social Development

KISAICHI Masatoshi (Group Leader)

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Maghreb Area Studies

KURITA Yoshiko

Chiba University, Faculty of Letters, Middle Eastern and North African Modern History

KAWASHIMA Midori

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Philippines Studies

Group 2-B: Islam and Economic Development

SHIMIZU Manabu (Group Leader)

Utsunomiya University, Faculty of International Studies, Economic Development in West Asia

NAGASAWA Eiji

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Society and Economy in Modern Egypt

TORII Takashi

Meiji University, Faculty of Commerce, Southeast Asian Economies

Group 2-C: Islam and Popular Movements in the Islamic World

AKAHORI Masayuki (Group Leader)

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Cultural Anthropology

TONAGA Yasushi

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Islamic Thought

HORIKAWA Toru

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Southwest Asian History

 

 

Unit 3 Nations, Regions, and Islam

Unit Leader: KATO Hiroshi

Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Economic History of the Middle East

 

Group 3-A: Nation-States and Muslim Identity

KATO Hiroshi (Group Leader)

Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Economic History of the Middle East

ISHII Masako

National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Philippines Studies

SHINMEN Yasushi

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Central Asian History

Group 3-B: Contemporary Muslims and Cultural Conflict

OTSUKA Kazuo (Group Leader)

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Social Anthropology, Ethnography of the Middle East

YAMAGISHI Tomoko

Meiji University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Iranian Area Studies

NAITO Masanori

Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Political and Social Change in Modern Turkey

Group 3-C: Source Materials for the Study of the Contemporary Islamic World

USUKI Akira (Group Leader)

National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Middle Eastern Area Studies

OKA Mari

Osaka Women's University, Social Anthropology, Modern Arab Literature

AKAMINE Jun

National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Philippines Studies

 

 

Unit 4 Geographic Information Systems for Islamic Area Studies

Unit Leader: OKABE Atsuyuki

The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Spatial Information Science

 

ASAMI Yasushi

The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Housing and Environmental Design

MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Southeast Asian Socio-Economic History

 

 

Unit 5 Islamic History and Culture

Unit Leader: HANEDA Masashi

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History

 

Group 5-A: Development of Art and Scholarship

MASUYA Tomoko (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Islamic Art History

YAMANLAR MIZUNO Minako

University of East Asia, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Arts, Turkish-Islamic Art History

 

MORIMOTO Kazuo

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History, History of Sayyids and Sharifs

Group 5-B: History of Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges

HANEDA Masashi (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History

FUKASAWA Katsumi

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of European Port Cities

KUROKI Hidemitsu

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Modern History of Syria and Lebanon

Group 5-C: The Potentials of Comparative Study

MIURA Toru (Group Leader)

Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Social History of Arabic-Islamic Regions

KISHIMOTO Mio

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Socio-Economic History of Late Imperial China

SEKIMOTO Teruo

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Southeast Asian Social Anthropology

 

 

Unit 6 Source Materials for the Study of Islamic Civilization

Unit Leader: HAYASHI Kayoko

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Department of Turkish Studies, Ottoman History

 

KONDO Nobuaki

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Social Science and Humanity, Modern Iranian History

TANIGUCHI Junichi

Kyoto Women's University, Faculty of Letters, Social History of West Asia Under Islam

HOSAKA Shuji

The Middle East Institute of Japan, Politics and Religion in the Gulf Regions